The study of the effect of performance accountability on performance management
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Performance accountability; performance management; rater accountability; performance management effectiveness.Abstract
As performance management becomes more and more important in the workplace, performance accountability is receiving more and more attention from scholars. Currently, the research on performance accountability shows an upward trend, but at the same time, there is also the problem of research fragmentation and decentralization. This paper combs through the literature on (1) how the concept of performance accountability was proposed and developed; (2) what are the theoretical perspectives of performance accountability research; and (3) to sort out and summarize the antecedents, role results and mechanisms of performance accountability, as well as to provide an outlook on the future direction of research.
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